Preparation Costs??

Preparation Costs??

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bomberh

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634 posts

139 months

Monday 17th December 2012
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As I have said in a previous thread, I am looking for a 2007 V8 Vantage and quite possibly will be using an Aston dealership like Stratstone. However, I then saw this in another thread regarding a new owner of a DB9 having purchased their vehicle from Stratstone, saying, “the bill for preparation reached a staggering £7000 including a service, new tyres, disks, pads etc.”
So not only will I be paying around £40,000, but I may have to find a few thousand more to get the car ready/prepared before I actually get to own the vehicle due to preparation costs. Is this normal, should I put aside even more money to pay for things that I would have thought would have been sorted, like tyres, disk and pads?? I do appreciate that it may require a service which would be appropriate to pay for, but not items that would need to make the vehicle road worthy before I have even owned it.
Or have I got the complete wrong end of the stick, can someone enlighten me please?

bomberh

Original Poster:

634 posts

139 months

Tuesday 18th December 2012
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Thanks for putting my mind at rest, that comment from the other thread, made me feel very uneasy.
Thanks for your help.